
Day 1
Chee Chen Wins Preflop War
Dan Kwan Dodges Bust, Cracks Kings

A back and forth between Gilsoo Kim and Dan Kwan saw the latter five bet jam his entire 99,000 preflop, snap called by Kim.
At risk, Kwan faded elimination, having spiked an ace on board 6♦ 7♦ 3♥ A♠ 7♥ to survive through.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
DK | A♥Q♠ CO | 204,000(82 BB) |
GK Gilsoo Kim | K♠K♣ MP | 138,000(55 BB) |
Dan Kwan Cracks Mark Lee's Aces

Dan Kwan fired a 7,000 three bet against an utg open and saw Mark Lee cold call behind. Kwan continued for 5,000 on flop Q♥ 7♦ 6♦ , and called 8,000 more following a raise from Lee. No bets went in on turn 9♦ , seeing river K♦ complete the board. Kwan led 26,000, which left Lee to take a minute. Lee eventually paid the price with A♥ A♣ , no good against Kwan's flush 5♦ 4♦ .
One Jab Does the Job for Baron Ha
Dan Kwan Gets Paid by Erwin Ng
Top Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
GK Gilsoo Kim | 158,400(198 BB) |
YY Yiu Yeung Leung | 155,500(194 BB) |
CJ Chi Jen Chen | 140,200(175 BB) |
HC Hao Cheng | 134,000(168 BB) |
DK | 129,700(162 BB) |
MI Masaaki Izushima (2) | 117,800(147 BB) |
Dan Kwan Bets for the Win

Yoda Lin opened utg+1 and called a 6,100 three bet from Dan Kwan on the big blind. Kwan continued for another 4,000 on flop 4♦ 5♦ K♥ , called by Lin. Both players checked turn K♠ through to river Q♥ , where Kwan bet a final 17,000. Lin gave it up and slipped his hand in the muck.